Arjuna: Please describe the three types of actors. Krishna: The clear actor has no selfishness, and thus no attachment to the rewards of action. Therefore her enthusiasm and determination never fluctuates in the face of success or failure. The passionate actor is very attached to gaining the rewards of his actions. So, he is greedy and prone to harm people and be impure if necessary. He rejoices abundantly on success, and laments terribly on failure. The darkened actor is base and materialistic. She is unqualified to succeed, but too stubborn to improve. Instead she resorts to lying and
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